Although a Villain, My Wish is World Peace

With restraints that prevented her from using her ability, Gemini gritted her teeth.

“If that bastard hadn’t run away, we wouldn’t be locked up here!”

Gemini firmly believed the reason they were locked up here was because Park Chun-tae, that son of a bitch, had escaped.

“Well, that’s true.”

Assembler’s voice was heard from behind the wall.

“We have to make them pay for locking us up in this damn prison.”

Though they were in separate rooms, they had no trouble conversing.

The three villains of the Top were immediately arrested as they were caught in the act, but the Awakener Crimes Department was in a quandary over their treatment. Unlike other villains, how to properly imprison them was a problem from the start, given their S-rank danger level.

Considering their dangerousness, it would be right to isolate all three separately, but the problem was that there weren’t many prisons that could safely hold the villains of the Top.

Thus, the three people could still communicate with each other and make plans to tear apart the traitor.

Now was the optimal time, with even the only guard here having stepped out under the pretext of using the bathroom.

“When I see that bastard again, I’ll burn his face first.”

“We should break his legs too. So he never dares to run away again.”

“Are you planning to keep him alive?”

“Yeah, since he has such an ability. We should use him.”

Trickster, who had been listening to Assembler and Gemini’s words, opened his mouth in a fierce tone:

“First think of a way to get out of here.”

His mood was terribly low after having the artifact covering his face taken away.

Gemini joked ‘It’s a prettier face than I thought’ after confirming his face full of scars, but Trickster’s anger didn’t subside at all.

At Trickster’s sharp voice, the two people’s voices stopped. It was the first time they had seen the usually smirking Trickster so cornered. Though the two would normally tease Trickster to death, it was difficult now.

Gemini tapped the wall and said:

“We can’t get out on our own. We can’t do anything as long as this damn necklace is around our necks, right?”

If it had been 8-star grade or higher, such tricks wouldn’t have worked. Gemini gritted her teeth.

This damn necklace greedily sucks up all the magic power in the body. Just sitting doing nothing drains all the strength from the body.

But they still had hope.

“The old man will come to save us.”

Gemini’s eyes burned.

“When we get out of here…”

Gemini who scratched the wall hard enough to break her nails smirked and said:

“Then I’ll kill all those Sirius bastards and these damn Awakener Crimes Department bastards first.”

* * *

Sirius’s affiliated hospital.

The man sitting in the middle of a luxurious private room let out an agonized groan. The name of the man whose entire body was covered in terrible burn scars was Han Ji-mu. Until a few days ago, he was a telekinesis ability user who was expected to belong to the first string that would lead Sirius along with Yoo Seon-je.

But now he was in terrible despair.

“Urgh, ugh.”

Han Ji-mu who held a mirror in his hand closed his eyes tightly, unable to bear looking at his face further.

“Why, why me…”

The face burned by Gemini’s magic power didn’t return even with top-grade potions. They said the face ruined by burn scars couldn’t be restored to its original state by any method.

“Fuck, this is no different from a monster.”

It’s not just the face that’s a problem. Even the hair roots were all burned away, leaving him practically bald.

“Haha! Hahaha!”

Han Ji-mu who burst into mad laughter threw the mirror. He couldn’t accept that the terrible monster he saw in front of his eyes just now was himself.

Han Ji-mu had fully utilized his handsome appearance until now. Sirius Guild, a handsome face. Even high potential talent. He thought heaven was blessing him.

But all of that flew away in an instant.

-Did you see Ji-mu’s face? Wow, what can you do about that?

-I know. If I imagine that happening to me, really…

-Honestly, I feel a bit pleased too? That bastard was too arrogant relying on his face. Did you hear he even hit on my girlfriend?

-Wow, really?

The day he heard the conversations going on behind his back, Han Ji-mu trembled in misery. The humans who didn’t even dare to look at him properly before were now gossiping about him.

But even hearing those words, he couldn’t do anything.

Because he was finished.

Though he wouldn’t be kicked out of Sirius since his talent was intact, he had to give up all the glamorous life he had enjoyed until now.

Unlike Yoo Seon-je, that is.

Yoo Seon-je.

Han Ji-mu bit his lip hard as he recalled that name.

Until now, he didn’t care much even if that guy ignored him. Because he thought he could catch up to that guy someday.

The noble Yoo Seon-je didn’t respond to any broadcasts or interviews. So he thought the day he would catch up to his popularity wasn’t far off.

Didn’t the public actually like him more?

But on that day, Yoo Seon-je’s and his lives completely changed.

The moment Gemini exploded the magic stone in her hand, Han Ji-mu was engulfed in flames. As he rolled miserably on the ground begging for help, what entered his eyes was Yoo Seon-je shining nobly.

The moment he saw Yoo Seon-je with blue pupils shining between blue flashing electricity, Han Ji-mu realized.

That he would never be able to catch up to that guy again.

Though he resented the villain who made his face like this, thinking of Yoo Seon-je’s noble face without even a speck of soot in that situation was just unbearable.

“I wish you’d be ruined a bit too, as much as I’m ruined.”

Wouldn’t that be fair?

The black soot that settled in Han Ji-mu’s heart that day started to spread gradually.

* * *

Returning to the base, I distributed the artifacts Professor Geum gave me to Han Seo-hyeon and Kim Jae-ho. Cha Song-jin glanced at us and then went into his room. Well, there’s nothing for Cha Song-jin here anyway. I deliberately ignored it.

The new uniforms were well received, but the problem was the masks.

Han Seo-hyeon shouted at the three masks I took out in order:

“Why, why are there three masks?”

“Well, because there’s you, me, and Jae-ho, three people?”

“I absolutely hate it!”

“Come on, don’t be like that.”

I earnestly tried to persuade Han Seo-hyeon.

Do you know how many functions this has? I explained all the functions Professor Geum had explained to me one by one. There’s even a MacGyver knife! Han Seo-hyeon gaped in disbelief seeing the MacGyver knife popping out from the side of the mask.

“What are we supposed to do with a MacGyver knife attached!”

—In my opinion, that was bound to be a failing selling point.

‘You’re right.’

And there was another problem.

“Plus a skull?”

Han Seo-hyeon shuddered looking at the mask with a skull pattern drawn on it.

“You like skulls, don’t you?”

“I don’t particularly like them! Well, when I see a pretty skull I do think ‘How nice would it be to make that into a skeleton’, but that’s different from wanting to put it on my face!”

You think about making skeletons every time you see a skull? This skeleton contract addiction symptom is much more serious than I thought.

“My face is already known anyway, so there’s no need to wear something like this.”

“On the contrary, because your face is known, you should wear it. You’ve been using what I gave you a lot until now. There’s no need to think differently all of a sudden.”

Damn, I can’t persuade him rationally.

Then I have no choice.

I’ll have to use an ugly method.

“If you don’t like it, I can’t help it. I really thought it would be nice to wear masks together with you and do activities. Nevermind, it feels a bit awkward to ask you to match with me.”

—How ugly…

It’s ugly, but isn’t it an effective method? The effect of stimulating guilt was tremendous!

“Alright! I’ll wear it, okay?”

I smiled watching Han Seo-hyeon silently take the mask. See, wouldn’t it be better if you just wore it from the start!

Though the shape is a bit off, the functions are certainly good. Even if his identity has already been exposed, it’s a bit much to walk around with a bare face.

After handing over the mask, I took out the mobile phone at the bottom of the box.

“Seo-hyeon, this…”

“I just need to deliver it to that person, right?”

I nodded. Han Seo-hyeon who read my expression sighed deeply.

“If direct persuasion failed, will talking through a phone be of any use?”

“Urgh.”

I have nothing to say to that. As both I and Han Seo-hyeon expect, Jeong Ho-san won’t easily give up his stubbornness.

There’s only one way to break that guy’s stubbornness.

For me to give up Weltschmerz and quit everything I’m doing now.

But if I do that, the world will end, my friend. I forced a smile.

“…We need to clear up the misunderstanding at least. That guy thinks I’m in a kidnapped state now.”

At those words, Han Seo-hyeon’s shoulders shook. Seems he knows he did wrong.

“Alright, I’ll deliver it for now.”

“Okay.”

“I really hope that side listens to Boss’s words.”

“Yeah, I hope so too.”

* * *

“There’s nothing unusual here either.”

For the past week, Do Chae-hee and Jeong Ho-san visited dozens of Gate generation sites. But there was no result. All the Gates had disappeared as reported.

“Well, if it was something that could be found so easily, there’s no way illegal Gate incidents wouldn’t have been revealed until now.”

“Yes.”

Seeing Jeong Ho-san’s somewhat unsatisfactory answer, Do Chae-hee turned her gaze to the side. Do Chae-hee who saw Jeong Ho-san looking lost in thought spoke to him:

“What are you thinking about so absentmindedly?”

“I’m sorry.”

“There’s no need to apologize, but… Can I ask what’s going on?”

To Do Chae-hee who asked him like that, Jeong Ho-san carefully opened his mouth.

“It’s about Weltschmerz. At first, Inspector Do Chae-hee actively pursued them, didn’t you? But these days it seems like you’ve completely taken your hands off them.”

At those unexpected words, Do Chae-hee blinked. Weltschmerz. Come to think of it, he asked about them recently too.

Instead of probing why he’s interested in them, Do Chae-hee slowly opened her mouth:

“I guess going through that incident last time made me understand Weltschmerz’s ideology a bit. I learned that the enemy inside is a bigger enemy for now.”

Do Chae-hee who said that clenched her fists and said:

“Of course if they’re in front of me, I’ll definitely catch them! But they’re a kind of vigilante group after all.”

“A vigilante group?”

“Yes. The Assemblyman Kim Seong-deuk murder case too. Except for the auction incident, their message was always clear. They’ll become bad guys who catch bad guys, that kind of thing.”

Do Chae-hee who said that scratched her cheek and said:

“Of course I’m absolutely not advocating Weltschmerz’s methods. But…”

She ended up understanding their hearts a little.

“In that sense, I’m thinking of leaving Weltschmerz, them alone for the time being. The Awakener Crimes Department will search for them with full force even without me anyway.”

“They’re not such bad guys, is that it?”

“It might be a thought I shouldn’t have as a police officer, but that incident last time was a tiny bit comforting. Of course, I have no intention of relying on those guys again. My goal is to create a world where Weltschmerz doesn’t need to do such things.”

Though she called them a vigilante group, they are criminals. Do Chae-hee knew that relying on them was dangerous.

“Since you seem reluctant to talk about it, I won’t ask why you became interested in Weltschmerz.”

At Do Chae-hee’s consideration, Jeong Ho-san nodded with an awkward face.

Do Chae-hee who was looking at that sight with warm eyes shouted with enthusiasm:

“Then shall we go to Yangyang now? Today’s over if we just stop by there.”

Just as they were about to get in the car and turn on the navigation to the destination. Do Chae-hee’s mobile phone started ringing loudly.

“Ah, it’s a call from a former team member.”

Though Kim Yong-won was no longer Do Chae-hee’s team member after that day, he was still delivering news from the Awakener Crimes Department to her.

“What’s going on?”

It’s probably just trivial talk again. It was when she thought that and listened to the following words.

“What?”

The following words were very shocking.

“…Is, is that really true? No way.”

Jeong Ho-san just fidgeted with the seatbelt while examining Do Chae-hee who received the call with a pale face.

‘It seems like something serious happened…’

Even after hanging up the phone, Do Chae-hee still looked dazed.

“What happened?”

“A victim of Weltschmerz just entered the country at the airport.”

“What?”

“And that person who claims to be a victim, she’s just a 14-year-old girl. She says Weltschmerz killed her father…”

Do Chae-hee’s face who said ‘Haha, Weltschmerz? They might not be such bad guys’ just a little while ago turned bright red.